Ask yourself: How will teaching this subject make my students better, more productive beings? What are the IMPORTANT understandings that students should get from this lesson?
2. Develop a series of interconnected activities/lessons that will best teach those core goals in the most meaningful way possible.
Can students contribute to or create a project that will affect their community while internalizing effectively the core goals?
Must be interesting to students, scaffolded, applicable their unique backgrounds and
allow for creativity.
3. Create a rubric for an assessment/s (can be integrated into #2).
Culminating activity should be meaningful and enduring.
Students should have access to rubric throughout the process of creating their culminating project.
